Autumn season 2013

MOUNTVIEW AUTUMN SEASON 2013

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Contents4 · RICHARD II

5 · JERUSALEM

6 · WE HAPPY FEW

7 · THE PRODUCERS

8 · HALF A SIXPENCE

9 · CHRISTMAS CONCERT

10 · VENUES

12 · DIARY

Acting

Mountview’s third year actors present a series of plays looking at "this sceptred isle". St James’s Church Paddington provides a magisterial backdrop for Richard II, Shakespeare’s exploration of Britain and kingship which opens the season. A very different nation at war is seen in Imogen Stubbs' We Happy Few in which a group of touring actresses keep a stiff upper lip amidst the chaos of World War II, whilst Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth looks at how far the pastoral idyll of England has fallen. We Happy Few and Jerusalem are presented in rep at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith and the Karamel Club in Wood Green.

Musical Theatre

Money is at the root of the season’s musicals. The Producers is a big, brash, Broadway take on how to make a fortune whilst Half A Sixpence is a warm-hearted British classic. Presented at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre both shows are double cast and showcase our full company of third year musical theatre students.

WelcomeOur autumn season introduces a new year of graduating talent from Mountview.

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RICHARD II

A monarchy in crisis. The Hundred Years War is bankrupting Britain and Richard II is accused of unjustly seizing and squandering his nobles’ wealth. Disinherited and discontent, Henry Bolingbroke returns from exile and proclaims himself king, imprisoning Richard and unleashing a series of events that lead to Richard’s death and his own coronation as Henry IV.

By William Shakespeare | Directed by Deborah Paige

VenueST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

PerformancesWED 2 OCT · 7.30PMTHU 3 OCT · 7.30PMFRI 4 OCT · 7.30PMSAT 5 OCT · 7.30PMMON 7 OCT · 7.30PMTUE 8 OCT · 7.30PMWED 9 OCT · 7.30PMTHU 10 OCT · 7.30PM

Tickets£7.50

To Book020 8829 0036

Industry Bookings020 8829 0036

Deborah Paige is former Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres and Salisbury Playhouse and has taught and directed at LAMDA, RADA and Mountview.

jerusalem

Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron is cock of the walk. Drug dealer, rabble-rouser, errant father and scourge of local authorities he is king of the castle in his own corner of England’s green and pleasant land. Jerusalem is a provocative, barnstorming play that looks at how far we’ve fallen from John of Gaunt’s vision of “England’s royal throne of kings”.

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

By Jez Butterworth | Directed by Max Key

VenueRIVERSIDE STUDIOS (R)

KARAMEL CLUB (K)

PerformancesMON 25 NOV · 7.30PM · (R)TUE 26 NOV · 7.30PM · (R)WED 27 NOV · 7.30PM · (R)THU 28 NOV · 3PM · (R)WED 4 DEC · 7.30PM · (K)THU 5 DEC · 7.30PM · (K)FRI 6 DEC · 7.30PM · (K)SAT 7 DEC · 5PM · (K)

Tickets£7.50

To BookRiverside Studios020 8237 1111RIVERSIDESTUDIOS.CO.UK

Karamel Club020 8829 0036


Max Key has directed at the Arcola, Royal Opera House, Lyric Hammersmith and NT Connections. His recent work for Mountview includes The Libertine and This Child.

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THE PRODUCERS

How do you make a fortune in the theatre? Create a sure-fire flop and flee to Rio with the investment money. Hyperactive impresario Max Bialystock, hypersensitive accountant Leo Bloom, Swedish sex-bomb secretary Ulla Swanson, tap-dancing little old ladies and high-kicking Nazi stormtroopers create the greatest show ever written about the worst show ever conceived.

An amateur production by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of Musical Theatre international of New York

Book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan | Music & lyrics by Mel Brooks

Original direction & choreography by Susan Stroman | By special arrangement with

StudioCanal | Directed by Stephen Jameson

VenueBERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

PerformancesTHU 10 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 1FRI 11 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 2SAT 12 OCT · 12.30PM · CAST 2SAT 12 OCT · 4.30PM · CAST 1TUE 15 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 2WED 16 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 1THU 17 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 2FRI 18 OCT · 7.30PM · CAST 1SAT 19 OCT · 12.30PM · CAST 1SAT 19 OCT · 4.30PM · CAST 2

Tickets£7.50

To Book020 8365 5450

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Stephen Jameson is Mountview’s Director of Performance. Before joining Mountview he was Associate Director at LAMDA where he directed over 70 productions.

WE HAPPY FEW

Based on a true story, We Happy Few sees a troupe of female actors, the Artemis Players, tour the United Kingdom “from Weston-Super-Mare to Balleymalloy”. With four shows a day and a repertoire of 35 plays they keep home spirits up, but not without personal cost. Actress and writer Imogen Stubbs has reworked her 2004 play especially for a cast of Mountview’s final year actors.

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

By Imogen Stubbs | Directed by Richard Vincent

VenueRIVERSIDE STUDIOS (R)

KARAMEL CLUB (K)

PerformancesWED 20 NOV · 7.30PM · (R)THU 21 NOV · 7.30PM · (R)FRI 22 NOV · 3PM · (R)FRI 22 NOV · 7.30PM · (R)WED 27 NOV · 7.30PM · (K)THU 28 NOV · 7.30PM · (K)FRI 29 NOV · 7.30PM · (K)SAT 30 NOV · 5PM · (K)

Tickets£7.50

To BookRiverside Studios020 8237 1111RIVERSIDESTUDIOS.CO.UK

Karamel Club020 8829 0036


Richard Vincent is an actor, writer and director with a career spanning TV, film radio and the stage. He recently directed Days of Significance for Mountview.

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HALF A SIXPENCE CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Childhood sweethearts Kipps and Ann grow apart when Kipps inherits a fortune and develops a taste for the finer things. But he soon realises high society (including new-found fiancée Helen Walsingham and her domineering matriarch) are not for him and he yearns for his old life back. He wins Ann’s heart but loses his fortune, proving that money can’t buy you happiness.

An amateur production by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd

The year ends with our annual Christmas celebration at St James’s Paddington. The concert of festive readings and songs – some familiar, some unexpected – is the only opportunity to see all Mountview’s students perform together.

This year is special as for the first time undergraduate and postgraduate acting and musical theatre students are joined by their colleagues from our newest course: BA (Hons) in Performance – Actor Musician.

A musical based on the novel Kipps by H G Wells | Book by Beverley Cross |

Music & lyrics by David Heneker | New version by Warner Brown |

Directed by James Powell

Musical Direction by Chris Nolan | Directed by Sally Ann Gritton

VenueBERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

PerformancesTHU 28 NOV · 7.30PM · CAST 1FRI 29 NOV · 7.30PM · CAST 2SAT 30 NOV · 12.30PM · CAST 2SAT 30 NOV · 4.30PM · CAST 1TUE 3 DEC · 7.30PM · CAST 2WED 4 DEC · 7.30PM · CAST 1THU 5 DEC · 7.30PM · CAST 2FRI 6 DEC · 7.30PM · CAST 1SAT 7 DEC · 12.30PM · CAST 1SAT 7 DEC · 4.30PM · CAST 2

Tickets£7.50

To Book020 8365 5450

BERNIEGRANTCENTRE.CO.UK


VenueST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

PerformancesFRI 13 DEC · 4.30PMFRI 13 DEC · 7.30PM

Tickets£10.00

To Book020 8829 0036BOOKING OPENS 4 NOV

James Powell graduated from Mountview in 1983 and has since directed shows in the West End and internationally including Dirty Dancing, Mary Poppins and Les Misérables.

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THE COLLEGE OF HARINGEY, ENFIELD & NORTH EAST LONDON

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MARKFIELD RECREATION

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SEVEN SISTERS STATION

SEVEN SISTERS RAIL

SOUTH TOTTENHAM STATION

KARAMELCLUB THE MALL

WOOD GREEN

WOOD GREENCOMMON

WOOD GREEN STATION

ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

PADDINGTON STATION

LANCASTER GATE STATION

PADDINGTON STATION

PADDINGTON RAIL STATION

ITALIAN GARDENS

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

FRANK BANFIELD

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ST. PAUL’S GREEN HAMMERSMITH STATION

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Karamel Club

ADDRESS

Coburg Road, Wood Green, N22 6UJ

TUBE

Wood Green (Piccadilly Line)

BUS 29 · 67 · 121 · 123 · 141 · 144 · 184 · 221 · 230 · 232 · 243 · 329 · W3 · W4

CAR

Free on-street parking after 6.30pm

St James’s Paddington

ADDRESS

St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens, W2 3UD

TUBE

Lancaster Gate (District Line) · Paddington (Bakerloo, Circle, District Lines)

BUS

46 · 94 · 148 · 274 · 390

CAR

Free on-street parking after 6.30pm

Riverside Studios

ADDRESS

Crisp Road, W6 9RL

TUBE

Hammersmith (Piccadilly, District, Hammersmith & City Lines)

BUS

9 · 10 · 27 · 33 · 72 · 190 · 209 · 210 · 220 · 266 · 267 · 283 · 295 · 391 · 419 · H91

CAR

Limited free parking in residents’ bays after 6.30pm · NCP car park on Hammersmith Grove

VenuesSt James’s Paddington | Riverside Studios | Karamel Club | Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

ADDRESS

Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Green, N15 4RX

TUBE

Seven Sisters (Victoria Line)

BUS

41 · 123 · 149 · 230 · 243 · 259 · 341 · 476

CAR

Pay and display parking available

WED 2 OCT 7.30PM RICHARD II ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

THU 3 OCT 7.30PM RICHARD II ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

FRI 4 OCT 7.30PM RICHARD II ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

SAT 5 OCT 7.30PM RICHARD II ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

MON 7 OCT 7.30PM RICHARD II ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

TUE 8 OCT 7.30PM RICHARD II ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

WED 9 OCT 7.30PM RICHARD II ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

THU 10 OCT 7.30PM RICHARD II ST JAMES’S PADDINGTON

THU 10 OCT 7.30PM THE PRODUCERS BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 11 OCT 7.30PM THE PRODUCERS BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 12 OCT 12.30PM · 4.30PM THE PRODUCERS BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

TUE 15 OCT 7.30PM THE PRODUCERS BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 16 OCT 7.30PM THE PRODUCERS BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

THU 17 OCT 7.30PM THE PRODUCERS BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 18 OCT 7.30PM THE PRODUCERS BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 19 OCT 12.30PM · 4.30PM THE PRODUCERS BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 20 NOV 7.30PM WE HAPPY FEW RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

THU 21 NOV 7.30PM WE HAPPY FEW RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

FRI 22 NOV 3PM · 7.30PM WE HAPPY FEW RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

MON 25 NOV 7.30PM JERUSALEM RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

TUE 26 NOV 7.30PM JERUSALEM RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

WED 27 NOV 7.30PM JERUSALEM RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

WED 27 NOV 7.30PM WE HAPPY FEW KARAMEL CLUB

THU 28 NOV 3PM JERUSALEM RIVERSIDE STUDIOS

THU 28 NOV 7.30PM WE HAPPY FEW KARAMEL CLUB

THU 28 NOV 7.30PM HALF A SIXPENCE BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 29 NOV 7.30PM WE HAPPY FEW KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 29 NOV 7.30PM HALF A SIXPENCE BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 30 NOV 12.30PM · 4.30PM HALF A SIXPENCE BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 30 NOV 5PM WE HAPPY FEW KARAMEL CLUB

TUE 3 DEC 7.30PM HALF A SIXPENCE BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 4 DEC 7.30PM HALF A SIXPENCE BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

WED 4 DEC 7.30PM JERUSALEM KARAMEL CLUB

THU 5 DEC 7.30PM HALF A SIXPENCE BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

THU 5 DEC 7.30PM JERUSALEM KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 6 DEC 7.30PM HALF A SIXPENCE BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

FRI 6 DEC 7.30PM JERUSALEM KARAMEL CLUB

SAT 7 DEC 12.30PM · 4.30PM HALF A SIXPENCE BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE

SAT 7 DEC 5PM JERUSALEM KARAMEL CLUB

FRI 13 DEC 4.30PM · 7.30PM CHRISTMAS CONCERT ST JAMES'S PADDINGTON

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